Watch-holder.



MATEJEEIALS COMPANY, 0F NE'UifARli, NEW JCE JERSEY.

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Spccication of Letters Potent.

i aten Application filed Merch. 9, 1916.' Serial llc. 533.0%.

To all whom t may concern lBe it known that l, ALEXANDER Minne, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Newark, in the county oflisser; and btete of New Jersey, have made and invented certain new anduseful improvements in Watch-Holders, of which the following is aspecication. A

My invention relates to a holder for watches, which, althoughparticularly designed and constructed so as to support a watch in aconspicuous position Aupon the dashboard of an automobile, may also beused in other and varied places, such :is upon the post of a bed, or asa desk stand,

An object of the present invention is to provide a holder for a watchwhich may he stamped or drawn ifroin sheet metal, allowing it to beeasily and economically manufactured, and of such style and srrangementthat the completed article will pos a neer and pleasing appearance, andaccord add to the attractiveness of the daslil v of an automobileLwithits complement switches and accessory instruments.

A further object is to provide a holder which is adapted to receive andsupport an open-face watch, of the popular and inenpensive type, such asmanui'actured'by .Blob-- ert H. lngersoll t Bro., and so cisplay thewatch as to form an eilicient substitute for the more expensive types ofdashboard clocks.

The holder is so constructed that after the time-keeping qualities ci?the watch have become impaired, a new watch may be easily and quicklyinserted in place. l

' A further object is to provide a holder 'for a watch wherein the crowuis spaced a distance from the supportingV surface, so that the windingof the watch may be conveniently accomplished..

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the coinbination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is disclosed in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:-

l of the Figure 'l is e vfie Y in. perspective of the watch. holder,einbof ying; the churactt-iristic iieatn f inven on.) the bezel-engagingin its open position; i'al vertical section i wat ch positioned 'ed Viewin front the upper rear portion oiif the holder, illus' the lockingarrangement for securil'ig the be? l igaging eine` in its closedposition; Fi, iental view in vertzal section te i 3; Fig. i a Eflew in vcai secion teken on the line '5w-5 of' lfin 3; 6 and illust ete severalnsesto .'vhich the wntch holder may be put; j. 8 is a view in frontelevation of a soiuewnat niodilied forni of l and E) is View inrertitaken on th line Ll-9 oit' Fig'. specilicall(Vv to the severali'iews,

el the notch. holder is stumped ugle piece oil sheet metal und co1nouterano' r und apertui'ed Jin the ier periphery of which annular andinclined well lt', the if ated pyra ,1. s inclined v ii Jardljf do 1 yed'and ard tno plane ci the lnnge,

ci being illustrate i 2 is e view in c"- of the watch holder, wiftherein; Fig, 3 is un enh elevation of is curi correspond to the cupurticnlor to continu, l clined well 1G, is i ipod to atnre el the rearwall the in l ,z i pg img lo,

and forms, in. 'connection with in y bacia plate l?, housing orreceptacle 9,0 in which a mitch is contained. The pendant of the 'watchprojects t no1 yh suitable and. regisN tering, notches 2li, l nod in thebezel-en gagging; and the iucliiied wall lli The bezetenggagiiig ring;Vis provided with.

a tongue which p1. ojects through an opening Q3 :toi-ined in the nedwall of `the holder when the betete @ing-ring; is in its closedposition. A latch 2li is carried by the inclined wall e housinj, and `isadapted to be turned into engagement with the tongue of thebezel-engaging ring", and

e of watch the holder the watch VLcintrent, end forms the 'the itelrecentere/is The lock thea-'ing in its closed' o sition.` Thediscernible position upon an automobile, the rear plate andbezel-engaging member being yprovided Awith a lining 26, preventing thescratching of the case of the watch and absorbing the larger part ofvibrations and jars to whim the watch will be necessarily exposed whenin use upon the automobile. The watch `holder is, however, capable ofvaried and extensive uses; for instance, it may be used in connectionwith a-hinge 27, disclosed in Fig. 6, and mounted upon the post et abed, whereby it may be moved so as to be plainly visible, or may befolded against the post, and so occupy an unobtrusii'e position.

A. farther use which the holder may serve is illustrated in Fig. Y, inwhich instance a pair of hinged legs 28 are secured to the upperextremity oi the flange of the holder,` and allow the device to occupy aposition upon a desk or other flat surface, and so act as a desk clock.

The modified form of holder disclosed in Figs. 8 and 9, isconstructcdfrom a single piece of metal, stamped or drawn so as tc forma flange 30, from which projects an outwardlyshaped open cup-likereceptacle 3l, `through the upper wall of which extends the opening 32,for the reception of the pendant of a .watch which the holder is tocontain and support. The upper portion 53 of the iiange is concave, andis approximately tangential at its central point to the .'upperextremity of the cup-like receptacle 3l.- A spacer 34, approximating theoutline of the 'iange 30, is secured to the rear of the iiange andmaintains the entire device spaced a distance from the surface uponwhich it is supported. The concavity of the upper extremity of thespacer and flange allows the winding the watch to be convenientlyaccomplished. A lining 371s also provided in this type of holder,V andprotects the watch to. a certain extent against jars and vibrations. 1

What I clain'i is z--f '1. A watch holder comprising aflatilange orplate,` a substantially circular vwall carried thereby and projectingthereinront, a

backn plate connected. .5to the outermost ex- 'tren'nty of said Wall andcurved to correspond to the rear. surface of a watch, and a front wal?.`rovided with a central o enin connected to the outer extremity of thesaid said substantially circular wall and forming, in connection withsaid back plate, a watch receptacle, said front wall curved tocorrespond to the front portion of a watch.

4 flange, an inclined wall carried thereby, and

a back plate carried by said inclined Wall, a bezel-engaging ringcarried by said inclined wall and forming in connection with said backplate a watch-receiving receptacle.

4. A watch holder comprising a Hange with the central portion thereofoutwardly extended and forming a back plate adapted to receive the-rearof a Watch thereagainst and maintain the same in front of the lane ofsaid ange, a bezel-engaging ring hinged to said back plate and formingin combination therewith a watch-receiving receptacle, and locking meansadapted to hold said bezelengaging ring in spaced relation with saidback plate.

5. A watch holder comprising an annular flange, an inclined wall carriedat the inner periphery thereof, a back plate carried by said inclinedwall and odset therefrom, and lying between the plane of the flange andplane of the outer extremity of said inclined wall. a bezel-engagingring carried by said inclined wall and adapted to secure a watch againstsaid back plate.

6. A watch holder comprising an annular flange. an inclined wall carriedat the inner periphery thereof, a back plate carried by said inclinedwall and offset therefrom, and lying between the plane of the flange andplane of the outer extremity of said inclined wall, a bezel-engagingring carried by said inclined wall and adapted to secure a watch againstsaid back plate, and inter-engaging means carried by said in clined walland said bezel-engaging men.- ber, locking the two against displacement.

7. A watch holder comprising an annular fiange, an inclined wall carriedat the irmer periphery thereof, a back plate ycarried by inclined walland offset therefrom, and lying between the plane of the flange andplane of the outer extremity of said inclined wall, a bezel-engagingring carried by said inclined wall and adaptedv to secure a watchagainst said back plate, said inclined wall and bezel-engaging ringprovided with alined notches for the reception of the pendant of a watchthereon.

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